Canchungo

Place in Cacheu Region, Guinea-Bissau

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12°4′2″N 16°2′0″W / 12.06722°N 16.03333°W / 12.06722; -16.03333Country

Guinea-BissauRegionCacheu RegionPopulation

(2008 est.)

• Total6,434^[1] • Ethnicities

Manjak people

Canchungo is a town located in the western Cacheu Region of Guinea-Bissau formerly known as Vila Teixeira Pinto after Major João Teixeira Pinto, the Portuguese colonial officer who had brutally 'pacified' the area in the early 20th century. After independence the name was changed back to what it had always been. Formerly a center of trade, the town infrastructure has deteriorated significantly amid large-scale emigration, with the exception of a new hospital.^[2]

References

^ World Gazetteer ^{[dead link]}, Retrieved on June 16, 2008
^ Lobban, Richard Andrew Jr.; Mendy, Peter Karibe (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (4th ed.). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8108-5310-2.